My chickens love the rain when I'm not outside. But, when I go out to get the eggs, they all pile into the coop {all are wetter than the ocean, mind}, sit on the roost like they've been crowded in there all day, and whine at me like it's my fault. When I leave, they go back outside and resume packing, happy as larks.

My chickens love the rain when I'm not outside. But, when I go out to get the eggs, they all pile into the coop {all are wetter than the ocean, mind}, sit on the roost like they've been crowded in there all day, and whine at me like it's my fault. When I leave, they go back outside and resume packing, happy as larks.

too cute!

Father of 5 Buff Orpington hens and a husband to a wonderful, lovely wife.

'"Madder than a wet hen" probably originated in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Supposedly, chickens get angry if they get dumped in water'

I'd be angry too if I was "dumped" in water! One of my chickens doesn't mind the rain (in fact I wrote about this on my blog only today), but most of them prefer to take shelter.

Madder than a chicken keeper then!

I don't know the saying, We say 'Madder than a March hare' but I think that means crazy mad rather than angry mad. Another one from England is 'As useless as a chocolate fire guard'. That one I can understand.

Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves - Rudyard Kipling